A Bear was once bragging about his generous feelings, and saying how refined he was compared with other animals.(There is, in fact, a tradition that a Bear will never touch a dead body.)A Fox, who heard him talking in this strain, smiled and said, "My friend, when you are hungry, I only wish you _would_ confine your attention to the dead and leave the living alone."A hypocrite deceives no one but himself.
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A Bear was once bragging about his generous feelings, and saying how refined he was compared with other animals.
Un ours se vantait un jour de ses sentiments généreux et disait combien il était raffiné par rapport aux autres animaux.
(There is, in fact, a tradition that a Bear will never touch a dead body.)
(La tradition veut qu'un ours ne touche jamais un cadavre).
A Fox, who heard him talking in this strain, smiled and said, "My friend, when you are hungry, I only wish you _would_ confine your attention to the dead and leave the living alone."
Un renard, qui l'entendait parler ainsi, sourit et lui dit : "Mon ami, quand vous avez faim, je voudrais seulement que vous vous intéressiez aux morts et que vous laissiez les vivants tranquilles."
A hypocrite deceives no one but himself.
L'hypocrite ne trompe personne d'autre que lui-même.
